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Is taurine the 'elixir of life'? Maybe, if you're a worm, mouse or monkey Taurine, an amino acid often used by body builders and added to energy or sports drinks, may be an "elixir of life," according to the author of a new study — at least when it comes to extending the health and lifespan of worms, mice and monkeys.
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Diabetes Med Metformin Might Help Prevent Long COVID By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). FRIDAY, June 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A safe, generic diabetes pill can help people avoid long COVID, a new clinical trial shows. Metformin cut the risk of long COVID by about 40% for patients who ...
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Aberdeen AI trial helps doctors spot breast cancers A trial under way at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary is exploring whether artificial intelligence (AI) can assist radiologists in reviewing thousands of mammograms a year. The pilot helped spot early-stage breast cancer for June - a healthcare assistant and ...
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Octopuses tweak the RNA in their brains to adjust to warmer and cooler waters "We spend a ton of energy maintaining a constant temperature," says Josh Rosenthal, a neurobiologist at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Mass. "And a lot of that is so that our nervous system can operate more efficiently.".
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Octopuses Redesign Their Own Brains When They Get Chilly Like people adjusting their clothing to match the weather outside, octopuses edit their RNA, which is a genetic molecule that carries DNA's instructions to produce proteins—the workhorses of cells. The researchers suspect those "brain edits" help octopuses ...
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Cancer Survivors Who Experience Functional Limitations Have Doubled in Past 20 Years Approximately 70% of cancer survivors have reported at lease 1 type of functional limitation, according to the results of a collaborative study published in JAMA Oncology and conducted by researchers at Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, the Dell ...
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Low vitamin D levels observed among adults with long COVID 6 months post-infection "Our study shows that lower circulating vitamin D appears to be an independent risk factor for long COVID occurrence," Andrea Giustina, MD, professor of endocrinology at Vita-Salute University San Raffaele in Milan, told Healio.
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How worried should you be about wildfire smoke exposure? But there's limited data on how to assess the health effects from a "onetime big burst of smoke," said Mary Prunicki, director of air pollution and health research at the Sean N. Parker Center for Asthma and Allergy Research at Stanford Medicine.
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New study from UMN researchers says an existing drug is a promising treatment for long COVID Metformin, a medication typically used as a treatment for Type 2 diabetes, has shown promise as an effective treatment for long COVID, according to a study by University of Minnesota researchers published Thursday in The Lancet.
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WHO's recommendation against the use of artificial sweeteners for weight loss leaves many questions unanswered In the early 20th century, food and beverage manufacturers began incorporating naturally and chemically derived substances that satisfy sweet cravings but contain significantly fewer calories than natural sugars – and, in some cases, zero calories. Sugar ...
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Study Says Trouble Sleeping Can Increase Risk of Stroke June 8, 2023 -- Insomnia can lead to an increased risk of stroke, according to new research. The risk goes up with more symptoms, such as trouble falling or staying asleep, or waking up too early, says the study published in the journal Neurology.
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Need medication to treat strep but can't find it? A Charlotte pharmacist explains why As strep cases in North Carolina rise, medications used to treat it are in short supply. Pediatric amoxicillin, which comes in liquid form so it's easier for children to take, was added to the Food and Drug Administration's list of drug shortages in ...
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FDA warns against self-diagnosis, bogus treatments for this common skin condition The Food and Drug Administration is warning against self-diagnosis and self-treatment for a common skin condition - a viral infection often called "water warts." One mother from Tustin said they went to three different doctors before they figured out ...
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PFAS exposure in pregnancy linked to kids' obesity risk The risks of exposure to "forever chemicals" start even before birth, a new study confirms. Exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) during pregnancy was linked to slightly higher body mass indices and an increased risk of obesity in ...
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'Forever Chemicals' Linked to Low Birth Weight, Obesity June 8, 2023 -- Exposure to toxic "forever chemicals" during pregnancy can lead to a lower birth weight followed later by obesity -- similar to the results of prenatal exposure to tobacco. These findings were in new research published by Environmental ...
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New Study Suggests Symptoms of Insomnia Linked to Increased Risk of Stroke A new study suggests that insomnia symptoms are linked to a greater risk of stroke, especially in people under 50 years of age, according to research published in Neurology. The risk of stroke was 4-fold in patients under 50 years of age who had a ...
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Health officials warn of mpox spread as summer gatherings and Pride Month celebrations begin HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY — Health officials are closely monitoring the potential for the spread of the mpox virus, formerly known as monkeypox. "It's a disturbing infection that's related to the smallpox virus, but not the same," said Dr. Sarah Park, ...
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This Brain-Spine Interface Sidesteps Spinal Cord Injuries Gert-Jan Oskam can now walk over 200 meters in a day and can stand for 3 minutes without using a walker for support thanks to a spinal-stimulation and brain-computer interface system created by researchers at EPFL.
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Alcohol consumption and risks of more than 200 diseases in Chinese men We investigated the associations of alcohol consumption with 207 diseases in the 12-year China Kadoorie Biobank of >512,000 adults (41% men), including 168,050 genotyped for ALDH2-rs671 and ADH1B-rs1229984, with >1.1 million ICD-10 coded hospitalized ...
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Ozempic has won, body positivity has lost. And I want no part of it The first time someone told me to try Ozempic was last Thanksgiving. I had already lost over 50lb in the preceding nine months just from making modest lifestyle adjustments, and I had solved the nascent health problems that had set off the urge to make ...
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Florida man survives flesh-eating bacteria from human bite A Tampa Bay man has survived a flesh-eating bacteria that had begun destroying part of his leg. "What you see now, you see not just a scar, but the beauty of the aftermath," said Donnie Adams, who added that he's healing because of his doctors and the ...
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31 million more Indians became diabetic between 2019-2021, says study Nearly 40% population hit by abdominal obesity, according to 'Metabolic non-communicable disease health report of India'.
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A virologist's search for answers: Curious case of 'cryptic COVID' leads to Columbus area A virologist in Missouri studying wastewater data in order to analyze the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19 is looking for someone he says has had the disease for two years but doesn't know it. That search has led him straight to central Ohio.
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CT Approach to Lung Injury In those patients who survive DAD, the lungs will remodel over time, but most will have residual findings at chest CT. Organizing pneumonia (OP) is a descriptive term for a histologic pattern characterized by intra-alveolar fibroblast plugs. The ...
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Florida man contracts flesh-eating bacteria after being bitten by person at family function Donnie Adams from Tampa Bay was at a family event in February when things got sour between two family members. He tried to get between them but ended up getting bit. · "By the third day, my leg was very sore. · He was diagnosed with necrotizing fasciitis and ...
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SARS-CoV-2 hijacks body's metabolism to amplify COVID-19 severity Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the causative pathogen of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, is an enveloped positive-sense, single-stranded RNA virus belonging to the human beta-coronavirus family.
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"So Many People Were There for Me When I Had Cancer. Now I Get to Pay it Forward" As both a cancer survivor and caregiver, Shauna Smith knows the power of feeling supported when facing the disease. That's why she founded Johnson & Johnson's Cancer Focus Group—so every employee has somewhere to turn if they or someone they love is faced ...
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The Rise of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Omicron Subvariant Pathogenicity During the COVID-19 pandemic, variants of the Betacoronavirus SARS-CoV-2, the etiologic agent of COVID-19 disease, progressively decreased in pathogenicity up to the Omicron strain. However, the case fatality rate has increased from Omicron through ...
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Rare Leukemia in the Skin Linked to Ultraviolet Radiation Here we investigate the development of blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm (BPDCN)—an unusual form of acute leukemia that often presents with malignant cells isolated to the skin. Using tumor phylogenomics and single-cell transcriptomics ...
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Belly fat is the biggest problem for Indians, pushing us towards diabetes and heart disease Indians have an increased tendency to develop diabetes from prediabetes as compared to Caucasians who take five to ten years more, says Dr V Mohan, Chairman, Dr Mohan's Diabetes Specialities Centre, Chennai and initiator of India's largest lifestyle marker ...
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'Revolutionary' research discovers new cause of cancer coming from inside us image: Husband and wife Professor Simon Conn and Dr Vanessa Conn's team at the Flinders Centre for Innovation in Cancer has been researching the role of circular RNAs in DNA damage and forming cancer genes. view more.
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Long COVID Risk Not Higher With Rheumatic Diseases MILAN, Italy — Rheumatic disease is not considered a significant risk factor for long COVID, according to the findings of a Dutch prospective cohort study presented by Laura Boekel at the European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology (EULAR) 2023 ...
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What Is Obesity? When a person is diagnosed with obesity, they have excessive fat and are above the weight considered "healthy" for their height. Healthcare providers often use body mass index (BMI) to distinguish between adults who are overweight (BMI between 25 and ...
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Trial Finds Ketamine and ECT About Equally Effective for Most Patients with Resistant Major Depression In a clinical trial involving hundreds of patients, ketamine has been found to be about as effective as electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for treatment of major depressive disorder that has not responded to conventional therapies.
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Turns out that pain is all in your head But maladaptive neuroplasticity occurs when the rewiring makes matters worse, so that even in the absence of the original physical trigger, pain continues. "The longer pain goes on, the less reliable it is as a marker of damage," says Biegler.
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Could Octopuses Arm the Field of Therapeutic RNA Editing? New research led by Joshua Rosenthal, PhD, of the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) and Eli Eisenberg, PhD, at Tel Aviv University, has revealed that octopuses and their close relatives adjust to environmental challenges by editing their RNA.
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ADF&G dispatches rabid moose roaming through Teller A moose that was killed in Teller last week had been infected with rabies, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game confirmed. This case marks the first record of rabies in a moose in the state. Last Friday, several residents of Teller saw a cow moose ...
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A reason to stay teetotal? Study finds even low amounts of alcohol may raise risk of 60 diseases The study noted the usual suspects such as liver cirrhosis and strokes that one risks from excess drinking. But data from half a million men in China has now found many non ...
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LDH, NOHD to offer mpox vaccines at New Orleans Pride events Pride Fest: Saturday, June 10, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. at 941 Elysian Fields Ave. LDH continues to identify new mpox cases in Louisiana residents, though at much ...
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COVID-19 Causes Brain Cell Fusion, Leading to Chronic Neurological Symptoms The study sheds light on how viruses alter the function of the nervous system. The findings provide a potential explanation for persistent neurological effects experienced by individuals after a viral infection, such as those seen in "long COVID" cases.
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Why are serious heart attacks more likely on a Monday? These patients had been admitted between 2013 and 2018 for the most severe type of heart attack, known as an ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). This happens when a major coronary artery, which supplies blood to your heart, becomes ...
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Shifting towards precision medicine for type 2 diabetes dietary management Studies have reported that the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma 2 (PPARG2) gene variant increases the risk of insulin resistance, T2D, and obesity, and the transcription factor 7-like 2 (TCF7L2) genetic variant is associated with insulin ...
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Global study provides high-quality data to improve treatment of newborn babies with sepsis A global observational study, which involved more than 3,200 newborn babies suffering from sepsis in 19 hospitals in 11 countries, has shown that many newborns are dying because the antibiotics used to treat sepsis are losing their effectiveness.
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Schedule Your Vaccination Appointment Get your COVID-19 vaccine as early as today. Individuals 6 months and older are eligible to get vaccinated. You may also be eligible for a booster vaccine; contact your primary care provider to learn more.
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Alcohol consumption increases the risks of over 60 disease Alcohol consumption is estimated to be responsible for about 3 million deaths worldwide each year, and it is increasing in many low- and middle-income countries such as China. The harmful effects of heavy drinking for ...
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NSHC: Moose tests positive for rabies virus in Teller A moose has tested positive for rabies in Western Alaska. Norton Sound Health Corporation Office of Environmental Health is encouraging residents of the region to make sure that their pets are vaccinated against the rabies virus after a moose tested ...
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Falls Information for Amputees Some research suggests that in the first year after amputation over half of amputees fall. This can have devastating effects on the residual limb (stump), your mobility and confidence. Reasons for falling.
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Around the nation: Woman arrested for refusing tuberculosis treatment for over a year The Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department on Thursday announced that a woman was arrested and taken to Pierce County Jail where she will isolate for testing and treatment for her tuberculosis, for which she has refused to seek treatment for over a ...
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Diagnostic Biases in Post-SARS-CoV-2 Infection Condition The overall pre-infection health condition and all possible factors that can worsen it are not monitored. A study revealed preexistent COVID-like symptomatology, for various non-COVID reasons [2]. Nutrition data are essential, as it interplays with low- ...
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New link uncovered between Strep A, T cells, and skin damage A variant of psoriasis, known as guttate psoriasis, was already known to be promoted by the immune response to Strep A throat infections. However, the underlying mechanisms of this were largely unexplained. The first ...
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